Repeatable aversion across threat types is linked with life-history traits but is dependent on how aversion is measured

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dc.contributor.authorDavidson, Gabrielle L.
dc.contributor.authorReichert, Michael S.
dc.contributor.authorCrane, Jodie M. S.
dc.contributor.authorO'Shea, William
dc.contributor.authorQuinn, John L.
dc.contributor.funderH2020 European Research Council
dc.contributor.funderSeventh Framework Programme
dc.contributor.funderFP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-18T11:56:18Z
dc.date.available2018-07-18T11:56:18Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractPersonality research suggests that individual differences in risk aversion may be explained by links with life-history variation. However, few empirical studies examine whether repeatable differences in risk avoidance behaviour covary with life-history traits among individuals in natural populations, or how these links vary depending on the context and the way risk aversion is measured. We measured two different risk avoidance behaviours (latency to enter the nest and inspection time) in wild great tits (Parus major) in two different contexts-response to a novel object and to a predator cue placed at the nest-box during incubation-and related these behaviours to female reproductive success and condition. Females responded equally strongly to both stimuli, and although both behaviours were repeatable, they did not correlate. Latency to enter was negatively related to body condition and the number of offspring fledged. By contrast, inspection time was directly explained by whether incubating females had been flushed from the nest before the trial began. Thus, our inferences on the relationship between risk aversion and fitness depend on how risk aversion was measured. Our results highlight the limitations of drawing conclusions about the relevance of single measures of a personality trait such as risk aversion.en
dc.description.sponsorshipFP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions (Career Integration (PCIG12-GA-2012-334 383)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleid172218
dc.identifier.citationDavidson, G. L., Reichert, M. S., Crane, J. M. S., O'Shea, W. and Quinn, J. L. (2018) 'Repeatable aversion across threat types is linked with life-history traits but is dependent on how aversion is measured', Royal Society Open Science, 5(2), 172218 (13pp). doi: 10.1098/rsos.172218en
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rsos.172218
dc.identifier.endpage13
dc.identifier.issn2054-5703
dc.identifier.issued2
dc.identifier.journaltitleRoyal Society Open Scienceen
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6470
dc.identifier.volume5
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Royal Societyen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7::SP2::ERC/617509/EU/The evolutionary ecology of cognition across a heterogeneous landscape/EVOLECOCOG
dc.relation.urihttp://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/5/2/172218
dc.rights© 2018, the Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are crediteden
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectPersonalityen
dc.subjectGaze aversionen
dc.subjectRisk-takingen
dc.subjectGreat titsen
dc.subjectBody conditionen
dc.subjectLife historyen
dc.titleRepeatable aversion across threat types is linked with life-history traits but is dependent on how aversion is measureden
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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